Desserts

37-Calorie Brownies

Rolled oats, Greek yogurt and applesauce go into the blender with cocoa and Truvia, then bake into nine squares.

Alan's Pie Pastry

All-butter pie dough with sour cream and vinegar worked in, rested overnight and divided into three single crusts.

Almond Coffee Cake Blueberry Sour Cream

Sour cream bundt cake layered with a filling of grated almond paste, fresh blueberries and lemon rind.

Almond Toffee Cake

A single-layer springform cake finished with a boiled almond-and-butter topping that gets browned under the broiler.

Angel Food Custard

Angel food cake split into three layers and filled with a stovetop vanilla custard lightened with whipped cream.

Apple Crisp

Fruit baked between two layers of an oat-brown sugar crumble, with a cooked cinnamon syrup poured over the middle.

Apple Crisp Pizza

Diced apples spread over a pie crust rolled onto a pizza pan, topped with oat streusel and drizzled with caramel.

“The cook (this reads like the original web source's voice rather than Deb's own) mentions not using all the apples because they were extra large, and likes to mix the topping by hand until it feels like wet sand.”

Apple Walnut Cake

Chopped apples macerated in sugar, then folded into a spiced batter with walnuts and baked in a 9x13 under cream cheese frosting.

Autumn Fruits with Cinnamon Custard

Small pears and lady apples poached briefly in vermouth or cider with star anise, then served under cinnamon custard.

Banana Cake

A 9x13 banana cake made by the dump method, with buttermilk and lemon juice, baked slow for over an hour.

Bavarian Crème Fudge

Chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk beaten smooth with peppermint flavoring and set in an 8-inch pan.

Berries' Stars

Puff pastry shell filled with a lemon and condensed milk cream, covered in strawberries and blueberries, with baked pastry cutouts on top.

Berry Dessert

Four bags of berries layered with melted butter, sugar and dry Jell-O, topped with dry cake mix and baked an hour.

“Deb notes she uses sugar-free Jell-O and sometimes swaps in Splenda for the sugar.”

Best Baked Apples

Six cored apples stuffed with cranberries, pecans and oats, browned in a skillet, then baked in maple syrup and cider.

Best Ever Cheese Cake

Springform cheesecake lightened with beaten egg whites, then finished with a sweetened sour cream layer baked on in five minutes.

Black-Bottom Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes, each topped before baking with a spoonful of cream cheese batter studded with mini chocolate chips.

Blond Butterscotch Brownies

Thick brown sugar blondie batter spread in a 13x9 and pressed with chocolate chunks and chopped Heath bars.

Blueberry Bundt Cake

Buttermilk Bundt cake with a cooked blueberry and pectin filling swirled through the batter in two layers.

Blueberry Cobbler Texas Style

Batter poured over butter melted in a hot 13x9, dolloped with mashed lemon-sugar blueberries and baked until the edges crisp.

Blueberry Compote

Frozen blueberries simmered down with butter and sugar until most of the juice cooks off, finished with lemon juice.

Blueberry Pie

Half the berries are cooked down and mashed, then bound with grated apple and ground tapioca under a double crust.

“I use Splenda for the sugar — 1 cup for blueberry pie. For sour cherries, 1 cup Splenda and 2/3 cup sugar.”

Bon Bons

Peanut butter, powdered sugar and Rice Krispies rolled into one-inch balls, chilled, then dipped in melted semi-sweet chocolate.

Boston Cream Pie

Two thin sponge layers sandwiching homemade pastry cream, finished with a poured bittersweet chocolate glaze.

Brenda's Famous Caramels

Cooked to the soft ball stage with the cream added in two stages, poured into molds with walnuts and wrapped in wax paper.

“I found ice trays work well as molds.”

Butterfinger Dessert

Graham and soda cracker crust under a beaten ice cream and instant pudding layer, topped with Cool Whip and crushed Butterfingers.

“Deb notes the Butterfingers should be the '10 cent size' candy bars.”

Buttermilk Brownies

Sheet-pan cocoa brownies started by boiling the butter and cocoa, iced while hot with a cooked buttermilk frosting and nuts.

Butterscotch Pudding

Brown sugar and cornstarch pudding thickened with half and half and egg yolks, then chilled four to five hours.

“Deb notes that using just 1-2 tablespoons of butter, rather than the full 1/4 cup, gives a better texture.”

Butterscotch Pudding (Cook's Illustrated)

The butterscotch is built from scratch, cooking sugar and butter to a dark, faintly burnt caramel before the custard goes in.

Cake

Sour cream butter cake with lemon zest, swirled through with a cream cheese filling and baked in a tube pan.

Cake at Cindy Schwaninger's Shower

Torn angel food cake layered in a tube pan with three flavors of Jell-O, fruit and vanilla ice cream, then frozen.

Caramel Apple Dump Cake Recipe with 4 Ingredients

Apple pie filling and caramel sauce under a layer of dry cake mix and melted butter, baked until the top browns.

Caramel Ice Cream

Sugar caramelized dry in a skillet, then built into an egg yolk custard with scalded milk, cream and vanilla.

Caramel Layer Squares

German chocolate cake mix pressed into a crust and crumbled over the top, with melted caramels and chocolate chips between.

Caramel Pecan Turtles

Rolled and cut sugar cookies, each capped with melted caramel, three pecan halves and a spread of chocolate.

Caramel Rice Krispies Bars

Rice Krispie treats built in layers, with whole marshmallows and a melted caramel and condensed milk filling in the middle.

Carmelitas

Oatmeal crumb bars with caramel and two kinds of chocolate baked in the middle, drizzled with more of both once cool.

Carrot/Pecan Spice Cake

Oil-based carrot cake with cinnamon and finely chopped pecans, baked slow in a tube pan or 9x13.

Cheesecake

Graham crust, cream cheese filling and sour cream topping, each given its own separate turn in the oven.

“Deb uses an 8 1/2 inch springform pan and puts the crust 3/4 of the way up the sides.”

Chewy Brownies

Cocoa bloomed in boiling water with espresso powder, plus two kinds of chocolate and both butter and oil, baked in a foil-lined 9x13.

Chewy Sugar Cookies

Cream cheese and warm melted butter go into the dough; the balls are rolled in sugar and pressed flat with a drinking glass.

Chocolate Chip Bars

Shortbread-style dough pressed onto a sheet pan with chocolate chips worked in, then finished with a brown sugar meringue and nuts.

Chocolate Chip Brownie Bars

One bowl of cocoa batter with walnuts and both vanilla and chocolate chips, baked in a square pan and cut into bars.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Pie

Refrigerated cookie dough pressed into a pie plate as the crust, filled with sweetened cream cheese and chopped Heath bars.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sour cream in the dough and quarter-cup scoops make these oversized; chocolate chunks and pecans go in at the end.

Chocolate Dessert

Layered icebox dessert: cookie crumb crust, sweetened cream cheese, chopped candy bars and instant chocolate pudding under whipped topping.

Chocolate Ganache Cake

Three nine-inch layers lightened with beaten egg whites, filled with vanilla buttercream and poured over with a microwave ganache.

Chocolate Ice Cream Cake

Oat and nut crumbs pressed into a square pan, layered with caramel topping and softened chocolate ice cream, then frozen.

Chocolate Mint Cookies

Cake mix, butter and two eggs make a soft drop cookie flavored with mint; they puff, then fall and crack on top.

Chocolate Mint Sandwich Cookies (Laura Winsor's)

Chilled chocolate dough rolled in sugar and baked, then sandwiched in pairs around a mint patty while still warm.

Chocolate Pie

No-bake freezer pie of melted sweet chocolate beaten into cream cheese and folded with Cool Whip in a graham crust.

Chocolate Pots de Crème

Stovetop custard cooked to 175 degrees, strained over bittersweet chocolate, spiked with coffee and chilled in ramekins until set.

“Deb notes coffee cups work fine in place of ramekins -- about the right size.”

Chocolate Scotcheroos

Rice Krispies bound with boiled sugar syrup and peanut butter, pressed into a pan and topped with melted chocolate and butterscotch chips.

“Deb notes she does both the sugar/syrup boil and the chip-melting step in the microwave.”

Chocolate Sheet Cake with Milk Chocolate Frosting

Batter built in a saucepan from melted bittersweet chocolate and cocoa, baked in a 13 by 9 pan under a milk chocolate, cream and butter frosting.

Chocolate Truffles

Ganache set firm in a pan, cut into 64 squares, rolled by hand and dusted in cocoa and powdered sugar.

Chow Mein Noodles Cookies

Brown sugar oatmeal drop cookies loaded with chocolate chips and crisp chow mein noodles for crunch.

Christmas Reindeer Crack

Pretzels, Bugles, Fritos, Chex, peanuts and M&M's coated in melted white bark, spread to cool, then broken into pieces.

Cinnamon Custard

Small stovetop custard of one egg and milk, stirred just to coating thickness and served warm with cinnamon.

Cold Water Chocolate Cake

Cocoa cake lightened with stiffly beaten sweetened egg whites and thinned with cold water rather than milk.

Confetti Layer Cake

Three white cake layers with ground rainbow sprinkles in the batter, stacked with tinted vanilla buttercream and sprinkles around the base.

Cookie Brittle

Eggless shortbread dough with chocolate chips and nuts, pressed thin in a 15 by 10 pan and broken into irregular shards.

Cornstarch Pudding

Milk thickened on the stove with cornstarch and sugar, boiled one minute and finished with vanilla, no eggs involved.

Cream Cheese Brownies

Unsweetened chocolate brownie batter marbled with a sour cream and cream cheese filling, baked in an 8-inch square pan.

Cream Cheese Dessert

Baked shortbread crust spread with a Dream Whip and cream cheese layer, finished with canned pie filling and chilled.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Butter, cream cheese and a pound of confectioner's sugar beaten smooth, thinned with milk as needed, for cakes and bars.

Cream Cheese Sugar Cookie Bars

Sugar cookie dough enriched with cream cheese and almond extract, pressed into a sheet pan and frosted after cooling.

Creamy Chocolate Pudding

Stovetop pudding built on egg yolks, cocoa and bittersweet chocolate, strained and chilled four hours under parchment.

Crème Brûlée

Custard baked over raspberries in ramekins, then topped with strained berry puree and sugar and broiled over ice water.

Crème de Menthe Brownies

Chocolate syrup brownies baked in a jellyroll pan, spread with a peppermint crème de menthe layer and a poured chocolate glaze.

Danish Puff

Two strips of cut-in pastry spread with a boiled almond batter, baked an hour, then iced and scattered with nuts.

Date Cake

Dates softened in boiling water with baking soda, stirred into a one-egg butter batter with flour and nuts; also noted as good for cupcakes.

“Is good for cupcakes.”

Decadent Chocolate Truffles

Semi-sweet chips melted with sweetened condensed milk, chilled firm, rolled into balls and coated in nuts, coconut or sprinkles.

Delicious Cookies

Butter-and-oil dough loaded with Rice Krispies, coconut, oatmeal, nuts and chocolate chips, pressed flat with a fork before baking.

Deluxe Sugar Cookies

Powdered sugar and almond extract dough, chilled a few hours, then flattened with a sugar-dipped cup into about five dozen thin rounds.

Double Chocolate Crumble Bars

Cocoa-pecan bar base baked, covered with melted marshmallows, then spread with a peanut butter, chocolate and Rice Krispies topping.

Easy Apple Kuchen

Slices of frozen bread dough set side by side, risen, then shingled with apples, cinnamon sugar, sour cream and syrup before baking.

Easy Peppermint Patties

Peppermint fondant rolled into a log, chilled firm, sliced into rounds and dipped in melted chocolate wafers.

Fluffy Yellow Layer Cake

Two cake-flour layers built on six yolks, buttermilk and melted butter, lightened at the end with separately beaten egg whites.

Foolproof Chocolate Frosting

Food-processor frosting of butter, cocoa, corn syrup and melted chocolate, about three cups, meant for the yellow layer cake.

Four Layer Mint Fudge

Condensed milk fudge rolled out on waxed paper, then spread and folded together with a crème de menthe buttercream.

French Chocolate Cake

Two thin layers made with cornstarch instead of flour, melted chocolate beaten into the yolks and stiff whites folded through.

French Chocolate Silk

Stirred custard of milk, yolks and sugar thickened on the stove, sifted with cocoa, thinned with light cream and chilled overnight.

French Silk Chocolate Pie

Butter, sugar and melted unsweetened chocolate whipped with eggs added one at a time, then chilled in a baked shell.

French Vanilla Ice Cream

Eggs, milk and sugar cooked into a stirred custard, then cooled with cream and vanilla and held overnight.

Fruit Cocktail Cake

One-bowl cake built on a drained can of fruit cocktail, with brown sugar and nuts scattered over the top before baking.

Fudge Bars

Oatmeal crumb base and crumb topping around a cooked filling of chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and nuts.

Fudgsicles

Instant chocolate pudding and milk frozen into homemade pudding pops.

Gingersnaps

Browned butter, molasses and both fresh and ground ginger in a sugar-rolled cookie baked slow at 300 degrees.

“Deb notes she usually uses 2 whole eggs instead of 1 egg plus 1 yolk.”

Gooey Turtle Bars

Pressed shortbread crust under a caramel cooked to 235 degrees, scattered with toasted pecans and chopped chocolate.

Graham Cracker Bars

A boiled graham cracker and brown sugar filling spread between layers of whole crackers, frosted and kept cold.

Grandma Topp's White Cake Recipe

Boxed white cake mix stretched with extra flour, oil and four eggs, baked low at 325 for a taller crumb.

Grandma Vandewege's Sugar Cookies

Lard-based sugar cookies with nutmeg and vanilla, rolled paper thin, sugared, and baked just six or seven minutes.

“Cindy Holden's note on this recipe: roll the dough out real thin -- "none of that fat stuff."”

Hawaiian Fruit Dessert

Sweetened cream cheese and Cool Whip whipped with lime, frozen in a springform pan, then piled with strawberries, kiwi and pineapple.

Heath Bars

Soda crackers under a boiled butter-brown sugar toffee, topped with melted chocolate and crushed nuts, then cut.

Hershey Chocolate-Filled Torte

Store-bought pound cake split into four layers, filled with cocoa whipped cream and finished with a poured chocolate glaze.

Ho Ho Bars

Sheet-pan German chocolate cake with pudding mix, spread with a whipped shortening filling and a boiled chocolate chip frosting.

Hopscotch or Haystack Cookies

No-bake mounds of chow mein noodles and nuts bound in melted butterscotch chips, peanut butter and marshmallows.

Italian Wedding Cake

Three buttermilk coconut layers lightened with beaten egg whites, stacked under cream cheese frosting with chopped pecans.

“Enjoy!”

Kim Topp's Apple Pie

Apples softened in the microwave before filling, tossed with flour and cinnamon, baked with a sugar-and-milk finish on the top crust.

“Kim uses red delicious apples for this pie.”

Krispies Cookies

Three ingredients only: cocoa Krispies and salted peanuts stirred into melted almond bark and dropped on wax paper to set.

Lemon Bisque

Lemon gelatin whipped light and folded into beaten evaporated milk, set over ground graham crackers in a 13-by-9 dish.

Lemon Chip Cookies

Drop cookies built on a lemon cake mix with oil, eggs, grated lemon peel and pecans.

Lemon Icebox Pie

Condensed milk and lemon juice baked just until set in a graham crust, chilled several hours, then covered in whipped cream.

Lemon Loaf-Starbucks

Copycat of the coffee shop loaf: an oil-and-egg lemon quick bread under a powdered sugar lemon icing.

Lemon Pudding Cakes

Baked in ramekins in a water bath, these separate into a sponge top over a loose lemon pudding layer.

Lemon Sugar-Almond Topping

Sugar, lemon zest and sliced almonds stirred together to scatter over cake batter before it bakes.

Magic Cookie Bars - AKA 7 Layer Bars

Graham crust layered with sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, coconut and nuts, pressed down and baked twenty-five minutes.

Melting Moments

Cornstarch-heavy shortbread chilled, dropped in rough heaps, baked pale, and spread with vanilla powdered sugar frosting.

Million Dollar Fudge

Boiled sugar and evaporated milk poured over chocolate, marshmallow cream and nutmeats, beaten smooth and set in a 9x13 pan.

Mississippi Mud

Eggs, sugar, melted butter, cocoa and flour with optional coconut, the makings of a dense fudgy sheet cake.

Mocha Layer Cake

Boxed devil's food cake built with brewed coffee instead of water, layered with melted chocolate chips and mocha buttercream, then glazed.

Mochaccino Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes made with brewed coffee and coffee extract, studded with chocolate morsels and topped with coffee buttercream.

Monster Cookies

Flourless peanut butter and oatmeal cookies scaled to a dozen eggs and 18 cups of oats, loaded with chips, M&M's, coconut and nuts.

Mountain Dew Dumplings

Apple wedges rolled up in crescent dough, doused with cinnamon butter and a can of Mountain Dew, then baked 45 minutes.

Neiman-Marcus Café Chocolate Chip Cookies

Giant batch built on oatmeal ground to powder, with a grated Hershey bar alongside the chocolate chips and nuts; makes 112 cookies.

New York-Style Crumb Cake

Buttermilk cake baked in an 8-inch pan under a thick layer of brown sugar crumbs, dusted with confectioners' sugar to serve.

No Eggs! Peach Cake

Mashed canned peaches carry a batter with no eggs or fat in it, finished with a boiled coconut and nut icing.

“Deb's own notes: she used 2 regular-sized cans of peaches since that's what she had on hand (fresh peaches also work), mashed them by hand, and used a bit more than a cup of coconut in the icing.”

Nut Roche

Butter and sugar cooked to 290 degrees for a hard toffee, spread with melted milk chocolate and toasted nuts, then broken into pieces.

Oatmeal Cream Pies

Soft cinnamon oatmeal cookies sandwiched in pairs around a long-whipped vanilla buttercream filling.

Oatmeal Fudge Bars

Pressed oat crust bakes first, then takes a coffee-spiked chocolate filling and a scattering of the reserved oat mixture on top.

Old-Fashioned Rhubarb Pudding Cake

Batter goes over the rhubarb, sugar and cornstarch over that, then boiling water on top so a pudding forms beneath the cake.

One Bowl Brownies

Boiling water melts the chocolate and cocoa right in the mixing bowl, so the whole 13x9 pan of brownies comes together in one dish.

Oreo Dessert

Frozen layers of Oreo crust, vanilla ice cream, a cooked mint-chocolate sauce, and whipped topping with nuts.

Oreo Peppermint Dessert (Jane VanderBroek's)

Peppermint ice cream over a buttered Oreo crust, topped with canned fudge sauce and Cool Whip, frozen between layers.

Patti's Cake

Three baked meringue discs stacked with a cocoa-and-instant-coffee Dream Whip filling, finished with chocolate curls.

Peach-a-Berry Cobbler

Peaches and blueberries thickened on the stovetop, then topped with spoonfuls of soft batter and baked until the crust sets.

Peanut Brittle

Microwave brittle: raw peanuts cook in sugar and corn syrup, then baking soda foams it up before it's poured out to set.

“If the pan is warm the brittle stays puffier!!”

Pear and Blueberry Crisp

Eight pears and two cups of blueberries under a cut-in brown sugar crumble, baked in a 3-quart dish and served with sweetened whipped cream.

Peppernuts

A large batch of heavily spiced Christmas cookie dough: butter, milk and eight cups of sugar boiled to softball stage with cinnamon, clove and black pepper.

Perfect Baked Custard

Six eggs and four cups of scalded milk baked slowly in a water bath until a knife comes out clean.

“Deb's note: you can use 1 cup Splenda instead of the sugar.”

Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

Browned butter and mostly dark brown sugar make sixteen large chewy cookies, with the batter rested and whisked three times.

Popsicles

Jell-O and Kool-Aid dissolved together with sugar and water, frozen in paper cups with a stick.

Pumpkin Pie - Deb Topp Style - Just Like Nick Likes It!!

Canned pumpkin filling whisked with two eggs, whole milk and a heavy hand of spice, baked hot then finished low.

“Some of the sugar can be Splenda, and Deb likes using a little heavy cream mixed into the total milk amount.”

Raspberry Sorbet

Strained raspberry puree stabilized with Sure-Jell and corn syrup, with part of it frozen solid before churning.

Recipe Number 2

An unnamed frozen pudding pop: instant chocolate pudding stirred with cream, milk and sugar, then frozen.

Recipe Number 3

Chocolate drink mix, beaten eggs and milk stirred together and frozen — another unnamed variation on the pudding pops.

Refrigerator Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal dough shaped into a log and chilled overnight, then sliced very thin and baked seven or eight minutes.

Rhubarb Cake

Brown sugar cake with a cup and a half of rhubarb folded in, sprinkled with sugar and nuts before baking.

“Glenda uses more cinnamon than the recipe calls for.”

Rhubarb Cake (Lonna Schroeder's)

Buttermilk rhubarb cake baked in a 13x9 under a cinnamon-sugar crumb that's mixed first and chilled.

Rhubarb Crisp

A soft batter spread over raw rhubarb, dusted with sugar and cornstarch, with boiling water poured over so it makes its own sauce.

Rhubarb Custard Pie

Four cups of rhubarb bound in a nutmeg custard and baked at 400 degrees under a lattice or solid top.

Rhubarb Dessert

Three layers in a 9x13: a brown sugar shortbread base, a rhubarb custard, and a meringue browned on top.

“Deb's note: I use Pet milk for the cream.”

Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake

Orange-scented sour cream batter over buttered rhubarb, crumb topping on top, turned out of the pan after baking.

Rice Krispies Bars

Butter and miniature marshmallows melted in the microwave, stirred into cereal, pressed flat and cut into squares.

Rice Pudding

Long grain rice simmered slowly in six cups of milk for nearly an hour, until it thickens to the consistency of yogurt.

“Deb's note: you can use some Splenda in place of some of the sugar.”

Rind and Juice of 2 Lemons and 3 Oranges

Citrus rind and juice worked into a very stiff egg dough, rested cold for days, then cut into small rectangles and baked.

“I have doubled the spices from the original recipe - we like it this way.”

Salted Caramel Cookie Bars

A thick shortbread crust baked, covered with melted caramel and sea salt, then topped with the reserved crust crumbled over.

Salted Caramel Sweet Squares

Three layers in an 8-inch pan: a brown sugar shortbread base, caramel with pretzels and pecans, and marshmallow fudge on top.

Salted Nut Roll

Peanut butter chips melted with condensed milk and marshmallows, poured between two layers of dry roasted peanuts and chilled firm.

Serves 12 (but not at the Schwaninger House!!)

A chocolate walnut tart: cocoa-walnut crust pressed into a tart pan and par-baked, then filled with melted bittersweet chocolate and baked until just set.

“Serves 12 — but not at the Schwaninger house!!”

Skillet Apple Crisp

Apples cooked on the stovetop with reduced cider in a skillet, topped with an oat-pecan crumble and finished in a hot oven.

Snickerdoodles (Soft Ones)

Butter cookies leavened with cream of tartar and soda, chilled, rolled in cinnamon sugar and flattened with a glass before baking.

Snickers Bars

Four no-bake layers in a 9 x 13 pan: chocolate-butterscotch base, boiled marshmallow nougat, salted peanuts, melted caramel, and a second chocolate layer on top.

Snickers Cupcakes

Dense flourless-style brownie batter baked in cupcake liners with a piece of candy bar hidden in the middle.

Sour Cherry Cobbler

Buttermilk drop biscuits baked separately, then set over jarred Morello cherries thickened with red wine, cinnamon and almond extract.

Stars and Strips Berry Trifle

Pound cake and raspberry jam cut into stars, layered in a trifle dish with sugared blueberries, raspberries, vanilla custard and whipped cream.

Strawberry Ice Cream

Freezer ice cream started from strawberry Jell-O dissolved in boiling water, then beaten eggs, cream and vanilla, topped off with milk.

Sugar Cookies (Eileen's)

Sour cream rolled cookies chilled overnight, cut into shapes, baked briefly, and finished with cream cheese frosting.

Sweetener Substitutions

Reference note giving coconut sugar and granulated sugar swaps for the Chocolate Cake with 39 gm. Sugar.

Swirled Mint Ice Cream Freeze

Chocolate sandwich cookie crust layered with mint morsels and softened mint chip ice cream, frozen in a 13x9 pan and cut into squares.

Talley's Homemade Ice Cream

Gallon-batch custard base thickened with cornstarch and churned in an ice-and-salt freezer, with variations for chocolate, peach, strawberry, banana, coffee and berry.

“For the small batch, Deb notes she uses 1 cup whipping cream and skips the evaporated milk altogether.”

Texas Sheet Cake

Thin chocolate sour cream cake baked on a full sheet pan, iced while still hot, and finished with toasted pecans.

Thin Mint Cookies

Copycat wafers rolled paper-thin from chocolate fudge cake mix, baked, then dipped in peppermint chocolate; makes 108.

Toffee

Butter, sugar and whole almonds cooked to hard crack, lightened with a pinch of soda, and coated with chocolate on both sides.

Toll House Pan Cookie

The standard chocolate chip dough spread into a 15 x 10 inch pan and baked as one big bar cookie.

Toll House Pie

Chocolate chips and walnuts suspended in a buttery brown sugar custard and baked an hour in a pie shell.

Triple Chocolate Cookies

Three forms of chocolate — melted unsweetened, bittersweet chips and semisweet chips — in a barely floured batter that bakes crackled and fudgy.

Triple-Chocolate Mousse Cake

Flourless chocolate cake on the bottom, dark chocolate mousse in the middle, gelatin-set white chocolate mousse on top, all chilled in a springform pan.

Truly Different Cupcakes

Brownie-textured cupcakes made by folding melted chocolate chips, butter and nuts into a batter that is stirred, never beaten.

Tunnel of Fudge Cake

Bundt cake carrying two cups of finely chopped nuts and confectioners' sugar, pulled from the oven while the center is still fudgy, then glazed with ganache.

Twix Bars

Shortbread pressed into a 9x13, covered with stovetop caramel cooked to soft ball stage and a layer of milk chocolate.

Vanilla Butter Sugar Cookies

Rolled and cut-out butter cookies with a full two tablespoons of vanilla, finished with powdered sugar frosting and colored sugar.

Vanilla Crème Brûlée

Custard built on cream steeped with vanilla bean ground into sugar, baked in a water bath and torched under a brown sugar crust.

Walnuts

Chocolate sheet cake baked in a 9x13 and spread while warm with marshmallow cream and a cocoa powdered sugar frosting.

Wicked Good Boston Cream Pie

Hot-milk sponge baked in two rounds, filled with vanilla pastry cream and covered with a corn syrup chocolate glaze.

“Cake may be made up to 24 hours before serving - it seems to get better and better in the frig!!”

Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Frosting

Sour cream yellow cupcakes mixed in a single bowl, topped with chilled ganache whipped until it holds mousse-like peaks.

York Sensational Brownies

Cocoa brownie batter poured around two dozen York peppermint patties so the mints melt into a layer through the middle.